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Lex Takkenberg (Former chief of the Ethics Office at the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees) , Francesca Albanese (The Institute for the Study of International Migration (ISIM),Georgetown University)

7 February 2020 - 5:00pm

Investcorp Auditorium, Middle East Centre, St Antony's College

Book outline: The Palestinian refugee question, resulting from the events surrounding the creation of the state of Israel over seventy years ago, remains one of the largest, most protracted, and most... Read more

Peter is a historian of the modern Middle East, specialising in the intellectual and cultural history of the nineteenth-century Arab world. He is currently Vice Chancellor's Research Fellow in... Read more

Abstract: Serious attention to the influence and understandings of men regarding FGM is long over-due. Men may find it convenient not to know much about the practice, and women may not welcome ‘... Read more

Abstract Haredi education has been dominated by the Ashkenazic Haredi Independent Education school network since the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948. During the 1980s the Sephardic... Read more

Abstract: This book presentation explores the ways residents of a northeastern town on the border of Lebanon with Syria experienced postwar sociality, and how they grappled with living in the margins... Read more

Bio: Toby Dodge is a Professor of International Relations in the International Relations Department at LSE. He is also the Kuwait Professor and Director of the Kuwait Programme in LSE’s Middle East... Read more

Abstract: Discrimination against Sephardim has become a growing issue in the Haredi world in Israel, but one which has taken a backseat to the more pressing questions of gender inequality and the... Read more

Bio: Jonathan Brown is the Alwaleed bin Talal Chair of Islamic Civilization in the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. He received his BA in History from Georgetown University in 2000... Read more

Book launch event for Peter Bergamin's new book, The Making of the Israeli Far-Right: Abba Ahimeir and Zionist Ideology. About this Event Jois us for the launch of Peter Bergamins new book, The... Read more

Abstract: Examining the nature of relations between the Islamic Republic of Iran and Palestine, the talk investigates the relationship between state and authorities in the Middle East. Analysing the... Read more

Jonathan Rugman has been Foreign Affairs Correspondent at Channel 4 News since 2006. He covered the 'Arab Spring' uprisings from 2011 onwards and won a BAFTA for his coverage of the terrorist attacks... Read more

Abstract: Politicians, whether they be ordinary MPs and or government ministers (GMs), compete on the ability to influence policy outcomes. After elections and the formation of government, they do... Read more

Dr Ceren Lord is currently British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellow, with Middle East Studies at the Oxford School of Global and Area Studies (OSGA), where she was previously a Sasakawa Peace... Read more

Abstract: In the governing institutions of Israel, Arabic is suppressed. This practice crystallised in the early years of the state: there were points in history where it might not have gone in the... Read more